Armed Forces: Foreigners

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many non-UK nationals of each nationality are serving in each unit of the armed services.

Kevan Jones: The number of non-UK nationals of each nationality serving in each unit cannot be provided without incurring disproportionate cost. Data by service as at 1 April 2008 is provided in the following table:
	
		
			  Trained strength of UK regular forces( 1)  by service and nationality as at 1 April 2008( 2) 
			   All services  Army  Navy  RAF 
			 Total 168,620 93,830 34,530 40,260 
			  
			 British 161,040 87,27 33,750 40,026 
			  
			  Commonwealth( 3) 6,580 6,000 530 40 
			 Antiguan — — — — 
			 Australian 80 60 20 — 
			 Bahamian — — — — 
			 Bangladeshi 10 10 — — 
			 Barbadian 10 10 — — 
			 Belizean — — — — 
			 Botswanan 10 10 — — 
			 Bruneian — — — — 
			 Cameroonian 30 30 — — 
			 Canadian 70 50 20 — 
			 Citizen of Fiji 2,040 1,950 80 10 
			 Citizen of Sri Lanka 10 10 — — 
			 Citizen of St. Kitts — — — — 
			 Cypriot — — — — 
			 Dominican 20 20 — — 
			 Gambian 120 110 10 — 
			 Ghanian 660 650 10 — 
			 Grenadian 50 50 — — 
			 Guyanese 20 20 — — 
			 Indian 60 60 10 — 
			 Jamaican 740 700 30 10 
			 Kenyan 120 110 10 — 
			 Malawian 130 130 — — 
			 Malaysian 10 — — — 
			 Maltese 10 — — — 
			 Mauritian 30 30 — — 
			 Namibian — — — — 
			 New Zealander 80 60 10 — 
			 Nigerian 80 80 — — 
			 Other Commonwealth 10 10 — — 
			 Other West Indian — — — — 
			 Pakistani 10 10 — — 
			 Papua New Guinean — — — — 
			 Saint Helenian — — — — 
			 Saint Lucian 200 200 10 — 
			 Seychellois 10 10 — — 
			 Sierra Leonean 40 40 — — 
			 Singaporean — — — — 
			 South African 770 710 60 — 
			 Swazi 10 10 — — 
			 Tanzanian — — — — 
			 Tongan 10 10 — — 
			 Trinidadian 100 70 30 — 
			 Ugandan 50 50 — — 
			 Vincentian 430 240 190 — 
			 Zambian 20 20 — — 
			 Zimbabwean 480 460 20 — 
			  
			  Other 360 280 60 20 
			 Afghan — — — — 
			 American — — — — 
			 Austrian — — — — 
			 Danish — — — — 
			 Dutch — — — — 
			 Egyptian — — — — 
			 Foreign 10 10 — — 
			 French — — — — 
			 German — — — — 
			 Hong Kong/Chinese — — — — 
			 Irish 280 200 50 20 
			 Iranian — — — — 
			 Iraqi — — — — 
			 Libyan — — — — 
			 Mauritanian — — — — 
			 Nepalese 60 60 — — 
			 Norwegian — — — — 
			 Pacific Islander — — — — 
			 Saudi Arabian — — — — 
			 Sudanese — — — — 
			 Swedish — — — — 
			 Swiss — — — — 
			 Ukrainian — — — — 
			  
			 Unknown(4) 640 279 200 170 
			 "—" denotes zero or rounded to zero.  (1)Trained UK regular forces exclude Gurkhas, full-time reserve personnel and mobilised reservists.  (2 )Provisional.  (3) Includes Zimbabwean and Fijian citizens, who continue to retain Commonwealth status under the British Nationality Act 1981.  (4) Those with an unrecorded nationality.   Note:  Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, all services strength statistics for 1 April 2008 are provisional and subject to review.

Armed Forces: Foreigners

Lady Hermon: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many non-UK nationals of each nationality were serving in the armed forces in each of the last 10 years.

Kevan Jones: The following table shows the strength of trained UK Regular Forces as at 1 April 2007 and 2008 by nationality. Nationality data for all three services are only available since April 2007 post introduction of the Joint Personnel Administration System.
	
		
			  All UK Regular Forces( 1, 2) , trained strength by nationality 
			   April 2007  April 2008 
			 Total 172,910 168,620 
			
			 British 165,786 161,046 
			
			  Commonwealth( 3) 6,500 6,580 
			 Antiguan — — 
			 Australian 90 80 
			 Bahamian — — 
			 Bangladeshi 10 10 
			 Barbadian 20 10 
			 Belizean — — 
			 Botswanan 10 10 
			 Bruneian — — 
			 Cameroonian 20 30 
			 Canadian 80 70 
			 Citizen of Fiji 1,990 2,040 
			 Citizen of Sri Lanka 10 10 
			 Citizen of St. Kitts — — 
			 Cypriot — — 
			 Dominican 10 20 
			 Gambian 80 120 
			 Ghanian 610 660 
			 Grenadian 50 50 
			 Guyanese 20 20 
			 Indian 50 60 
			 Jamaican 920 740 
			 Kenyan 100 120 
			 Malawian 100 130 
			 Malaysian 10 10 
			 Maltese 10 10 
			 Mauritian 20 30 
			 Namibian — — 
			 New Zealander 70 80 
			 Nigerian 70 80 
			 Other Commonwealth 10 10 
			 Other West Indian — — 
			 Pakistani 10 10 
			 Papua New Guinean — — 
			 St. Helenian — — 
			 St. Lucian 220 200 
			 Seychellois 10 10 
			 Sierra Leonean 40 40 
			 Singaporean — — 
			 South African 740 770 
			 Swazi 10 10 
			 Tanzanian — — 
			 Tongan 10 10 
			 Trinidadian 90 100 
			 Ugandan 40 50 
			 Vincentian 420 430 
			 Zambian 20 20 
			 Zimbabwean 530 480 
			
			  Other 310 360 
			 Afghan — — 
			 American — — 
			 Austrian — — 
			 Danish — — 
			 Dutch — — 
			 Egyptian — — 
			 Foreign — 10 
			 French — — 
			 German — — 
			 Hong Kong/Chinese — — 
			 Irish 260 280 
			 Iranian — — 
			 Iraqi — — 
			 Libyan — — 
			 Mauritanian — — 
			 Nepalese 30 60 
			 Norwegian — — 
			 Pacific Islander — — 
			 Saudi Arabian 10 — 
			 Sudanese — — 
			 Swedish — — 
			 Swiss — — 
			 Ukrainian — — 
			
			  Unknown( 4) 310 640 
			 "—" Denotes zero or rounded to zero. (1) Trained UK Regular Forces exclude Gurkhas, full-time reserve personnel and mobilised reservists. (2) Denotes provisional. (3) Includes Zimbabwean and Fijian citizens, who continue to retain Commonwealth status under the British Nationality Act 1981. (4) Those with an unrecorded nationality. 
		
	
	Due to ongoing validation of data from the Joint Personnel Administration System, all services strength statistics for 1 April 2007 and 1 April 2008 are provisional and subject to review.